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binary-analysis-patterns from fridrichmethod/awesome-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add fridrichmethod/awesome-skills/binary-analysis-patterns@git:20260524.1fee1b9

Pins git:20260524.1fee1b9 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

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SKILL.md skill
Repository
fridrichmethod/awesome-skills
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skills/binary-analysis-patterns/SKILL.md
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Master binary analysis patterns including disassembly, decompilation, control flow analysis, and code pattern recognition. Use when analyzing executables, understanding compiled code, or performing static analysis on binaries.

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# Binary Analysis Patterns

Comprehensive patterns and techniques for analyzing compiled binaries, understanding assembly code, and reconstructing program logic.

## When to Use This Skill

- Reverse-engineering an unknown executable to understand its behavior
- Analyzing malware or obfuscated binaries with Ghidra / IDA Pro / Binary Ninja
- Recognizing common assembly idioms (function prologues, switch tables, vtable dispatch)
- Reconstructing high-level control flow from compiled code
- Identifying compiler-introduced patterns (stack canaries, PIC trampolines)

## Detailed section: Disassembly Fundamentals

Originally a 2047-byte section in this SKILL.md. Moved to `references/details.md` to fit Codex's 8 KB skill body cap.

## Control Flow Patterns

### Conditional Branches

```asm
; if (a == b)
cmp eax, ebx
jne skip_block
; ... if body ...
skip_block:

; if (a < b) - signed
cmp eax, ebx
jge skip_block    ; Jump if greater or equal
; ... if body ...
skip_block:

; if (a < b) - unsigned
cmp eax, ebx
jae skip_block    ; Jump if above or equal
; ... if body ...
skip_block:
```

### Loop Patterns

```asm
; for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
xor ecx, ecx           ; i = 0
loop_start:
…

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How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add fridrichmethod/awesome-skills/binary-analysis-patterns@sha256:895c49228f3ed121

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Source

GitHub

fridrichmethod/awesome-skills · 15 stars · license a license file GitHub does not identify · pushed 2026-11-02 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_nbvkapcvzisi7r3z
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=fridrichmethod/awesome-skills/binary-analysis-patterns
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/895c49228f3ed1213f4d72c906fef793cba7c0eb81c704b833df3c8c8438b4e7

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